National Republican., 1887-10-03

demus and Joseph OF Arlmathea. His friends
ior ihe most part were people who, in that
Climate en- where ophthalmy Or Inflammation of
me eyeball, sweeps ever and anon rs a scourge,
mad become blind, sick people who were
anxious to get well, and troubled people in
whose family there was some one dead or dy-
ing. lfHe had a purse at all II was eapty, or
we would have heard what was don, with the
contents a. the post mortem. Poor2 The
row, the SILK worm N It's cocoon, the bee in its
hive is better provided for, better Off better
sheltered; aye. the brute creation has home
on earth, which Christ has not.
Ifon windy days the raven
3ambol like a dancing skiff
Not the less lie loves his maven
On the bosom Of the cliff.
IT almost with eagle pinion
Ger the Alps the chamols roam,
Yet he has some small dominion
which no doubt he calls his home.
But the Crown Prince of oil heavenly do
miniOn has less than the raven, less than the
chamois, for llo was homeless. Aye, In the
history OF the universe there is no otner in-
stance OF such coming down Who can count
me miles from the top of the throne to the
ouet to Anthony took a pearl worth a ahundrsd
thousand dollars and dissolved II in vinegarand
swallowed IL. But when onr Prince. accord
the vinegar, in It had been dissolved all the
pearls of His heavenly royalty. Down until
there was no other depth for Him to touch,
troubled until there was no other harrassmeut
TO suffer, poor until there was no other pau.
perism to torture. Billions of dollars spent in
wars to destroy men, who will furnish the
that was shed to save us "Ye Know s the grace grace
OF our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was
rich, yet for for your sakes He became Door.
Only those who study this text in two places
can fully reach It's power the holy laud OF
Asia Minor and the holy land OF heaven. How
should like some day TO take drink out Of
read the Sermon on the Mount while standing
ON Olivet and see the wilderness where Christ
was tempted, aud be some afternoon on CAL
vary about 3 clock, the hour at which closed
the cruclixiGn, aud sit under the sycamores
and by the side of brooks and think and dream
and pray about the poverty Of Him who came
Yo' wi pu probably ''Ss be denied Ss tSS ES snd and
in another hemisphere, and in scenes as dit
how poor our heavenly Prince became. And
In the other holy land above we may all study
the riches that He lett behind when he started
meet each other at the door of the Fathers
mansion, or on the bank OF the river Just
where 1t rolls from under the throne, or at the
changing that world for this, we will get it by
exchanging this world for that. There and
then you will understand more of the wonders
Though he was rich, yet for your sakes be-
came poor"
Yes, grace, free grace, sovereign grace, omni-
potent grace, Among the thousands OF words
In the language there is no more queenly
word. 1t means free and unmerrited Kind
ness My text has no monopoly of the word
one hundred and twenty.Dine times does the
Bible eulogize grace. 1t Is u door swung wide
open to let into the pardon of God all the mil
lions who choose to enter II.
John Newton sang II when he wrote:
"Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved wretch like me -
Philip Doddrige put into all hymnology when
he wrote:
"Grace. It's q charming sound,
Harmonious to the ear;
Heaven with the echo shall resound,
And all the world shall hear"
One of John Bunyan's great books is entitled
em saved" has been on the lips of hundreds of
dying Christians The boy. sammy was right
church membership. he was asked, Whose
"Part mine and part Gods" Then I'll the examiner examiner
Wha, part oId y9ga d aad
and he did the rest!'f o, the height Of IT, the
depth Of it, the length oft, the breadth Of 1t,
apamphlet that pleased the king the King
| offered TO compensate him. and Fletcher an.
ssSwersd, sS, There is only one thing want and
hearers, grace to live by and grace , to die S By
Grace that saved the publican. that saved
Lydia, that saved the dying thief; that saved
| that grace will not be fully understood until
heaven breaks In upon the soul. An old
scotchman, who had been q soldier In
one OF the European wars, was sick and dying
in one OF our American hospitals His one do.
sire was TO see Scotland and his old home, and
once again walk the heather OF the Highlands
| The night that the old Scotch soldier died a
| young man, somewhat reckless but kind
hearted, got company of musicians to come
| and play under the old soldiers window, and
| among the instruments there was bagpipo.
| The Instant that the. musicians began
ths , dying Old man., in delirium, said
the regiment coming home. That's the tune,
yes, that's lhe tune, Thank God, have got
| home once more p "Bonny Scotland and
as he passed up TO the Highlands Of the better
country, And there are here to-day hundreds
some'iok Won for have hesyep some be-
ments, some because, you have so many
temptations some because you have SO
many ailments, humesics, very homesick, for
the fatherand of heaven and the music that
| you want TO hear now is the song of free grace,
ara the music You want TO hear when you die
y 9 nee nrafe, and M Tor forever before the throne OF
Christ, who, though He was rich, for your sakes
| became poorr'
Yes, yes; for your own sakes It was not on
| pleasure excursion that He came, for 1t was all
| pam Twas not on astronomical exploration,
Tor He knew this world as well before He
| nlighted as afterward. II was not because He
was compelled TO come, for He volunteered.
| IL was not because 1t was easy, for He knew
| that II would be thorn, and spike, and hunger,
and thirst, and voclferation oil angry mobs. For
your sakes Wipe away your tears. To for
your loneliness, TO sootbe your sorrows, to sit
| with you by the new-made grave to bind up
your, wounds In the ugly battle with the world,
msis that fall on your dying vision with the
sunlight OF q glorious morn. For your sakes
No; l will change that. Paul will not
care, and Christ will not care II I change 1t for
1enust get into the blessedness OF the text my
sell. and so say, For our sakes!" For we
| all have our temptations, and bereayements,
and conflicts. For our sakes! We who deserve
for eS our sins to be expatriated into world as
poorer Than heaven. four our sakes!
Bu. what fruitful coming down to take us
| glorieusly up When ArtaXerxes was hunting
king rent in his garment. The king said:
How shall mend IT." "By giving it to me-"
said Tirebazus. Then the king gave him the
robe. hu commanded him never to wear It. as
| and comforting fact, while our Prince throws
of the habit He not only allows Us
| 70 wear II, but commands us to wear Ii, aud it
our spiritual state we may put on the spien-
| dors Of heavenly regalement For our sakes
On, the personality Of this religion Not an
abstraction, not an arch under which we walk
Ike that which Empress Elizabeth of Russia
over hundred years ago ordered constructed,
winter with rs trowel of crystal cement.
from the frozen rivers of the north, but
fathers house with wide hearth
cracking hearty welcome. A religion of
warmth and inspiration and light and cheer
something we can take into our hearts aud
homes and business, recreations and joys aud
korrows. Not an manageable gift like the
galley presented to Ptolemy, which required
1000 men TO row, and us draught of water was
so great mat II could not come near the shore
but something you can run up any stream OF
annoyance; however shallow. Enrichment